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Census Tract 118, Lake, IN

1,253 Population
0.4 square miles 2,891.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±12.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Gary: 36.5 ±1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$29,203 ±$5,475 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gary: $23,453 ±$1,128
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$34,951 ±$16,601 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gary: $38,731 ±$2,687
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

22.2% ±11.4% (278  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gary: 33.1% 22,346 (±2.6% / ±1,761)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

27.7 minutes ±5.8 (13,975  ±6,392) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gary: 25.9 525,460 (±0.9 / ±34,536)
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

669 ±152 Number of households
  • Gary: 27,227 ±829
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
1.9 ±0.1 (1,253  ±289) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Gary: 2.5 67,617 (±0.1 / ±119)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

807 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Gary: 37,816 ±697
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$80,000 ±$55,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gary: $94,700 ±$3,944
  • about one-third of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

9.9% ±9.4% (124  ±121.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gary: 14% † 9,405 (±2.2% / ±1,491.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

80.2% ±26.7% (828  ±186.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gary: 86.4% 37,471 (±2.9% / ±1,467.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
16.3% ±5.7% (168  ±72.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gary: 14.8% 6,416 (±1.3% / ±580.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 25.8% 88,466 (±0.6% / ±2,087.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

10.8% ±5.1% (116  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gary: 7.2% † 3,520 (±0.9% / ±463)
  • nearly double the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
116 Total veterans ±62 116 Male ±62 N/A Female ±13

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